The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has reopened the verification portal for nurses and midwives on its web site.
Checks by our correspondent on the NMCN portal on Saturday confirmed that nurses and midwives can now submit verification requests.
Our correspondent confirmed that the verification portal was reopened on Friday.
When our correspondent checked the portal, it learn, “Excellent news, verification requests are again on-line.
“Please be aware that henceforth expiration dates on renewal purposes can be calculated primarily based on the date you utilized.”
Additionally, a nurse, Anthony Ijeoma at Nursingworld Nigeria, confirmed that the portal has been reopened.
Ijeoma counseled the efforts of the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives for bringing the change to fruition.
“I additionally commend NMCN for listening to purpose and reopening its verification portal for nurses inside and out of doors the nation,” he said.
PUNCH On-line reported that the sudden deactivation of the verification portal by the council in February plunged numerous Nigerian nurses and midwives working overseas into turmoil.
Already, some nurses with out the required verification from the NMCN discover themselves in violation of visa circumstances and employment legal guidelines, leading to authorized penalties.
Many nurses overseas, together with these in the UK and the USA, have been compelled to return to the nation over the difficulty.
On February 7, the council launched a round on the rules for requesting verification of certificates for nurses and midwives within the nation.
By the round, nurses and midwives should have a minimal of two years post-qualification expertise from the date of issuance of the everlasting working towards licence, and the council shall request a letter of excellent standing from the chief government officer of the applicant’s place(s) of labor and the final nursing coaching establishment attended and responses on these shall be addressed on to the Registrar/CEO, NMCN, amongst others.
This led to state councils and chapters of the Nationwide Affiliation of Nurses and Midwives in Nigeria in Lagos, Ogun, Kwara, Ebonyi, Bauchi, Kaduna, Yenagoa, Ondo, Plateau, and others to petition the nursing council and the headquarters of their affiliation to demand the withdrawal of the round on certificates verification.
Some nurses and midwives additionally protested the rules, and a few dragged the NMCN to court docket, and the court docket case was withdrawn.
On February 27, the Home of Representatives additionally requested the council to not implement its revised tips for issuing verification certificates to nurses and midwives within the nation.
The professionals have stated that the council’s motion is an try and hinder their freedom to pursue profession alternatives overseas.
In addition they stated it was not unconnected to the plan of the Federal Authorities to scale back the variety of well being staff emigrating overseas to hunt greener pastures overseas.
On Friday, NANNM appealed to the Federal Authorities to handle the affiliation’s calls for with urgency.
The Nationwide President of the affiliation, Michael Nnachi listed a number of the urgent wants of the affiliation because the re-opening of the nurses and midwives certificates verification portal, fee of salaries of all workers of Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, structure of the board, creation of particular nurses wage construction or speedy overview of nurses peculiar skilled allowances.
Extra to come back…
